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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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King's liege people of Ireland. King and council. The King's liege people of Ireland...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/262/13051
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This record is about the King's liege people of Ireland. King and council. The King's liege people of Ireland... dating from [1331] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/262/13051
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1331]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- King's liege people of Ireland.
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Nature of request
- The King's liege people of Ireland state that the justices of assizes are allowing lords to claim wardship of the lands of deceased tenants who held by homage and by certain services, or by certain services, although in the time of Edward I it was established that such wardship should be granted only when the tenant had held by knight service. They request a writ to the justices not to allow this to happen in future, or that some other suitable remedy might be ordained.
- Nature of endorsement
- [Largely illegible, only a few words visible towards the end] . . . process that judgment was rendered contrary to the said usage . . . a writ is to be sent to the justiciar . . . in the said case he is to have the law of England hold . . .
- Places mentioned
- Ireland
- Cashel, [County Tipperary], Ireland.
- People mentioned
- Edward [I], King of England
- Robert Dofford (Ufford), Justice of Ireland.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- CCR 1330-3, pp.203-4 is dated 18 February 1331, and is clearly in response to this petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
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- Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1333, (Public Record Office, 1898), pp.203-204 (order that the law of the King's realm should be observed in such cases, and these practices discontinued)
- Irish Material in the Class of Ancient Petitions (SC 8) in the Public Record Office, Analecta Hibernica, vol. XXIV, P. Connolly, (Stationery Office of Ireland, 1987), p.83 (brief calendar of petition)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9516995/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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